Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RHIDYBRIW, or Ysclydach

RHIDYBRIW, or Ysclydach, a chapelry in Llywell parish, Brecon; on the river Usk, and on the Brecon and Llandovery railway, 2½ miles E of Trecastle. Post-town, Trecastle, under Brecon. Rated property, £1, 652. Pop., 303. Houses, 64. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £145. Patron, the Vicar of Llywell. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llywel AP       Brecknockshire AncC
Place names: RHIDYBRIW     |     RHIDYBRIW OR YSCLYDACH     |     YSCLYDACH
Place: Rhyd Y Bryw

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